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Professional Competencies

These competencies come from the 2015 version of the ACPA/NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Educators. "The 10 professional competency areas lay out essential knowledge, skills, and dispositions expected of all student affairs educators, regardless of functional area or specialization within the field" (7). Click each link below to learn more about my growth and development in each area.

Competencies : Our Mission

Personal and Ethical Foundations

"...the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to develop and maintain integrity in one's life and work" (p. 16)

Values, Philosophy, and History

"...knowledge, skills, and dispositions that connect the history, philosophy, and values of the student affairs profession to one's current professional practice" (p. 18)

Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

"...the ability to design, conduct, critique, and use various AER methodologies and the results obtained from them, to utilize AER processes and their results to inform practice, and to shape the political and ethical climate surrounding AER processes and uses in higher education" (p. 20)

Law, Policy, and Governance

"...the knowledge, skills, and dispositions relating to policy development processes used in various contexts, the application of legal constructs, compliance/policy issues, and the understanding of governance structures and their impact on one's professional practice" (p. 22)

Organizational and Human Resources

"...knowledge, skills, and dispositions used in the management of institutional human capital, financial, and physical resources" (p. 24)

Leadership

"...the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required of a leader, with or without positional authority" (p. 27)

Social Justice and Inclusion

"...both a process and a goal that includes the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to create learning environments that foster equitable participation of all groups and seeks to address issues of oppression, privilege and power" (p. 30).

Student Learning and Development

"...the concepts and principles of student development and learning theory" (p. 32)

Technology

"...the use of digital tools, resources, and technologies for the advancement of student learning, development, and success as well as the improved performance of student affairs professionals" (p. 33)

Advising and Supporting

"...the knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to providing advising and support to individuals and groups through direction, feedback, critique, referral, and guidance" (p. 36)

Competencies : News

Reference:
ACPA: College Student Educators International & NASPA − Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (2015). Professional competency areas for student affairs practitioners. Washington, DC: Authors.
Retrieved from http://www.naspa.org/images/uploads/main/ACPA_NASPA_Professional_Competencies_FINAL.pdf

Competencies : Quote

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